"...well I don't think that I could have gone though my youth without doing it, and imagine the number of children going through puberty burdened with all that sexual christan hangup stuff there, no, I am not gay either, but if that really is their stiff interpretation of god's love according to dogma, then they don't know god for the trappings of their organized religious dictates in my view..." mentioned the goblin, who actually knew what they feared most, that god was actually within without any of their preconditions here, whereas organized religion just tried to find preconditions and hurdles to keep it's flock tethered into perpetuating itself, and it was the same for all those "only way" religions too, saying "...look, one is alone in this, and there isn't any "only way", there is only the way within now....", and with that the goblin knew just how much the romans must have hated the gnostics then, heretics to a man, refusing to belong to any organized religion, for wasn't sparta defended without walls

"...welcome then..." went the goblin now, adding "...simply I know that I will read whatever you post about your book with or without comment here, while knowing too that I probably won't get round to reading your book when it comes out, no not through any malice on my part, more simply because the pace of my life does not give me enough spare time to read through hundreds of pages each day, so instead I just read posts on forumland here, for this I sincerely believe is where the future of reading is, something that can in tandem totally complimentary to bookwriting then, simply that those who do great posts will build up a responsive readership by it...", in fact, that goblin remembered when he had been misunderstood and laughed at for saying "look to your persona now", but saying it again and again "...oh but yes, on forumland one is what one posts pure and simply those posts build up one's persona then..."

Oh ffs...chin up....you can't be that bad...really you can't...it's just not possible.Have another slug of malted milk and try and get some shut eye, you'll feel better about yourself after a good kip.

"...on forumland one is what one posts..."Oh ffs...chin up....you can't be that bad...really you can't...it's just not possible. Have another slug of malted milk and try and get some shut eye, you'll feel better about yourself after a good kip.

"...stop there..." laughed the goblin, continuing "...for once actually think about what you have written DrGoats, then ask yourself what you can prove about yourself here, where the answer of course is nothing at all, but why so then, because you are not here are you, no only words of yourself are here now, or "your own words" then are here to represent you by them, that's why you are an unproveable persona here, and that's why it's called virtual reality too, and what's another name for virtual reality here, dare I call it fiction then...", which was why the maxim forumland is what you make of it whereas dailylife is what it makes of you seemed so apt, and where the goblin really felt he show support by put up a special public service notice up for zombies who might present here reading warning, when chasing humans around just don't bother with DrGoats

(at which point the goblin happily started singing "...feed the trolls, let them know it's christmas time talala..." while editing on without paying much attention nor disturbing them he hoped)

repost from elsewhere, a writer's forum, usual fun and games

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I make it a point never to read your posts

“...let me guess, is that statement supposed to actually mean something then, is it some sort of creed of troll between you writertypes here, what now, am I supposed to post something back claiming I haven't read your post neither showing some inept troll solidarity too...”, where, everyone's being anonymous meant that the goblin shouldn't really care for being read anyway, actually lying because the high hitcount to the thread was exploding his ego somewhat, just that he could never figure out what anonymous readership meant when those whom couldn't prove they existed couldn't go on to prove that they weren't reading the goblin's posts neither, simply it was all equally unprovable here, aka the unprovable stating the unprovable again, whereupon the goblin just shrugged saying “...pass on that, no it's you writertypes who care so much about being read now, your silly little readership hang up, whereas us livewriters care far more about having out posts ready, so welcome to the anonymous ball of forumland now, my world then, oh and it's such a pity isn't it, that you won't be able to reply to this post without eating you own words in doing so, just I had this post ready and now you understand better...”

("...getting on well I see..." observed the goblin thanking the monster and the others for the company, adding "...kind of takes one's mind off those inept posts by DrGoats then, so carry while I'll just edit some more posts in the meantime...")

repost from elsewhere

"...I am looking strangely forward to visiting felixstowe next month to scatter mum's ashes into the sea, and probably too, in the middle of one of those raging storms now, but isn't that exactly the english seaside that we loved, simply I want to feel a conductor there orchestrating the wind, waves, surf, and all, in some final sendoff ..." mentioned the goblin knowing he would be rewarded by stepping out of the cold to a plaice and chips and a mug of tea, saying "...oh yes, some things make no sense, in that normal sense of the word that is, but this just seems so befitting here since mum was a blusterous person in her life too, where she, for one, wouldn't want a peaceful sea for this send off..."

repost from elsewhere, some writer's forums perhaps for the goblin's disdain for grammar nazism that is, are best placed firmly placed his past, the goblin here accepting the second prize of having his "last post" thread locked there,

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What has that got to do with the subject in hand

"...good point, guess you haven't noticed that the title of this thread is marked "last post thread in third person"..." replied the goblin now, adding "...for what can one not write, and in whichever way one wishes too, that doesn't win here, for example, one could even lecture a goblin about his writing style in third person on third person thread, while not not actually writing in third person oneself, and still win by it, but then the next person could come along posting something else, probably something far more constructive, with fresh air, fresh thoughts, and with a fresh writing style too, something interesting even...", in fact, the goblin simply repeated that the way he wrote was part and parcel of his persona here, laughing "...and besides, who amongst you writertypes has ever met a goblin now to be telling me how a goblin persona should be written, where if one get banned for not writing like some non entity in first person, then isn't that a badge of honor then, look I never advise anyone on how to peddle books within their posts, or how to grovel to that publishing world there, so why ever try to lecture me on how I should write my posts now..."

the goblin guessed that xxxxxx was addressing him here, replying "...but how does anyone actually feedback upon someone else's poems then, where there is only "like" or "dislike" towards it now..." showing at least that the goblin had read them, adding "...but in the end, doesn't it only have to please one person alone, the one who then has live with what he or she has written...", and with that the goblin's mind went to colridges's poem kubla khan, saying "...ah yes, I loved that poem because he broke with the expected norm of its age, so tell me now, are you, or how are you, going to break the expected norm of our age, and with this in mind do you see why I can't advise you now, for livewriters it's just "post and be dammed" where others try to be so accepted in their correctness perhaps but where they then become mere clones of one another instead, for isn't it one's imperfections, rather than one's perfection, that makes us individual here..."

("...which film would that be I haven't been keeping record..." replied the goblin)

repost from elsewhere, the "what's the most important thing about writing" thread

"...no two writers are alike, so perhaps it's stupid to argue the case for some absolute importance here, where, all that writing is for me at least, is just "some written out portrayal of some given inner vision"..." mused the goblin, continuing "...look, when one is writing, isn't it those words that one has already written that calls forth yet more words from within one still causing one to write them down too to yet more thoughts once more, perhaps it's like a circle of a progressing wheel that turns between thinking one's vision then, and writing, it's portrayal then...", simply the goblin felt that there was no actual importance at all, nor slant for that matter, no, just this ever constant progressive oscillation between the pen and the mind, concluding "...you know, often I don't feel that the writer is really in control at all, he's merely a creature caught up in his own writing habit now, where that habit doesn't need a real reason now, no, habit is habitual without reason isn't it...", "...meaning you're trying to say that there's no objective excuse for a subjective habit goblin, well that will disappoint readers for sure, couldn't you think of something better like, fame, fortune, or changing the world as we know it, well anything but mere habit then..." went those persistent voices in the background once more, but the anonymous goblin just smiled back at them without further comment

"...no, the only requirement of a livewriter is reposting posts as in polishing them, aka air/edit/backup perhaps, where the third person, the run on sentence, and the matching pictures are just well thought out indulgences on my part..." replied the goblin, who used the run on sentence not only to infuriate grammarnazis on writer's forums, and also as something to hide himself behind, explaining "...well there's really not much point in me being anonymous if those writing traits then reveal the creature behind them..."

"...well yes I suppose, because in all probability one dies at some point..." replied the goblin, adding "...though till then it's optional whether one gives up, whereas afterwards it's no longer one's concern, ah yes, seems most forums too fold before these "last post" threads do, I mean none of those bbs forums are around today, but people still play this "last post" game in some defiance towards dailylife perhaps, or just in their innate greed then..."